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Table 5 Percentage of women who had post-delivery complications (massive vaginal bleeding (PPH) and very high fever) by their length of stay after childbirth at health facility, India, 2015–16

From: Length of stay after childbirth in India: a comparative study of public and private health institutions

Duration of stay (in days)

Vaginal

Cesarean

Public

Private

PPH

Fever

PPH

Fever

PPH

Fever

PPH

Fever

0

19.3

18.8

27.2

20.7

20.3

19.7

18.5

16.4

1

18.6

14.8

22.3

16.1

19.1

15.5

17.9

13.2

2

19.0

13.2

26.2

20.9

19.6

14.1

19.0

12.2

3

18.7

12.1

19.3

13.9

18.4

12.5

19.8

11.5

4

24.8

13.5

22.1

11.8

26.6

14.8

21.0

10.9

5

21.4

12.6

20.5

12.2

22.5

13.1

19.9

11.9

6

21.0

15.1

18.4

13.3

19.4

14.3

18.9

13.4

7

21.4

14.2

20.9

13.7

21.1

14.0

20.9

13.6

8 & more

23.3

15.2

25.6

16.3

22.9

14.8

27.3

17.3

Total

19.3

14.6

21.9

14.4

19.9

15.2

20.0

13.3

N

28,008

23,711

6341

4590

19,415

15,658

7999

5775